“Equally unsatisfactory is the theory that euphuism was of purely Spanish origin.”
“They are mainly made up of long speeches with little action, and their style to some extent anticipates Lyly's euphuism.”
“And so, though we cannot say that euphuism is verse, we can say that it partakes of the nature of verse.”
euphuist
One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; applied especially to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth I, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
